1968 NL Newspaper Recap

September 1, 1968

 Here are the Standings and League Leaders in the NL as of September 1st.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 9/1/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 CIN  79  54    A.Johnson CIN .324  W.McCovey SFN   40  R.Santo   CHN  103
1968 SLN  80  57    M.Wills   PIN .321  H.Aaron   ATN   32  H.Aaron   ATN   84
1968 SFN  71  64    T.Helms   CIN .320  R.Santo   CHN   31  T.Perez   CIN   83
1968 PHN  70  65    P.Rose    CIN .318  B.William CHN   25  W.McCovey SFN   83
1968 LAN  70  65    T.Perez   CIN .315  OTHERS TIED W   20  B.William CHN   77
1968 ATN  70  67
1968 PIN  68  68    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 NYN  62  77    F.Jenkins CHN   20  J.Hoerner SLN   12  B.Gibson  SLN 1.47
1968 CHN  60  78    B.Gibson  SLN   19  T.Abernat CIN   11  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.50
1968 HON  51  86    P.Jarvis  ATN   17  J.Brewer  LAN   10  D.Drysdal LAN 1.89
                    L.Jackson PHN   17  OTHERS TIED W    7  D.Lemaste HON 1.92
                    J.Maricha SFN   17                      G.Perry   SFN 2.05
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Millan  ATN   17  M.Wills   PIN   70  F.Jenkins CHN  220
                    H.Aaron   ATN   11  L.Brock   SLN   55  R.Sadecki SFN  218
                    T.Helms   CIN    9  T.Taylor  PHN   43  B.Singer  LAN  208
                    H.Torres  HON    7  W.Davis   LAN   35  B.Gibson  SLN  206
                    M.Wills   PIN    7  M.Alou    PIN   26  T.Seaver  NYN  195
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN  3  at  PIN  4  ATN-Jarvis(17-7, 1.50) at PIN-Bunning(7-14, 3.65)
CIN 12  at  PHN  1  CIN-Arrigo(10-9, 3.54) at PHN-Johnson(0-5, 4.91)
HON 10  at  CHN  5  HON-Lemaste(11-11, 1.92) at CHN-Hands(11-12, 2.36)
LAN  2  at  SFN  6  LAN-Singer(12-12, 2.57) at SFN-Sadecki(15-13, 3.26)
SLN  0  at  NYN  3  SLN-Hughes(4-1, 1.86) at NYN-Selma(7-12, 2.66)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.McCovey     SFN LAN  2  1  1  2  2  0  1  0
T.Aaron       ATN PIN  3  1  2  1  1  1  1  0
T.Perez       CIN PHN  4  2  2  3  1  0  0  0
R.Hunt        SFN LAN  2  1  2  1  2  0  0  0
J.Lefebvre    LAN SFN  4  1  1  2  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.McAndrew    NYN SLN  9.0  2  0  0  2  5  0 W  
T.Cloninger   CIN PHN  9.0  7  1  0  2 11  0 W  
D.Kelley      ATN PIN  6.0  3  0  0  2  6  0    
A.McBean      PIN ATN  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  0 W  
M.McCormick   SFN LAN  9.0  6  2  2  0  3  1 W  
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Whitfield   CIN .400 30 12 16  4  4  B.Gibson      SLN 20  7  3  1 19  2 100
W.McCovey     SFN .323 31 10 10  9  5  J.Purdin      LAN 12  4  1  3  5  0 101
H.Aaron       ATN .429 42 18 15  1  5  G.Perry       SFN 27 19  5  8 15  1 210
L.Cardenas    CIN .440 25 11  3  2  2  B.Singer      LAN 15  9  1  2 16  1 100
W.Smith       CHN .393 28 11  4  6  1  R.Washburn    SLN 17 12  2  1 14  0 110
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Davis       LAN .100 40  4  0  0  0  C.Raymond     ATN 10 18 11  5  6  2 030
D.Maxvill     SLN .032 31  1  1  3  0  A.McBean      PIN  5 10 10  1  6  3 100
E.Kranepool   NYN .107 28  3  0  2  0  D.Drysdale    LAN  7 13  7  1  5  2 010
M.Martinez    ATN .150 40  6  2  0  0  D.Fast        CHN  6  4  5  6  5  1 010
P.Popovich    LAN .138 29  4  1  1  0  D.Hall        PHN  6 15  8  1  6  1 100
 
INJURY REPORT
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